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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Wizards to make dovetail joints

« on: October 09, 2012, 09:54:44 AM »

And this one too

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Wizards to make dovetail joints

« on: October 09, 2012, 09:53:09 AM »

Pictures from the woodworkers forum

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Wizards to make dovetail joints

« on: October 09, 2012, 09:40:38 AM »

Or, you can make a right angle shoe as I did.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f170/machining-right-angle-pun-159752/

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Wizards to make dovetail joints

« on: October 09, 2012, 08:48:46 AM »

Sorry, I don't understand the question.
Half the joint is made with a dovetail cutter and the other half with a straight end mill.
Look at this for an idea of how complex it can be.
http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5811
That is why we need a wizard.

Bob Willson

Tell me how you setup a router to do dovetails? I see how to do the 'socket' part but not the pin part.

I am now writing the wizards for V4 and would consider other functions.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Wizards to make dovetail joints

« on: October 09, 2012, 12:57:20 AM »

I sent an email to Scott Nichols of Newfangled Solutions asking if he had or intended to have a wizard for cutting dovetails.
He replied that at present they don't have anything like that, but if I were to put a request here and see if anybody else was interested in it then he would consider it.

It would be really nice to have a wizard that would automatically space the dovetails and write the code for you. It would save a lot of time and I myself would certainly then purchase a licensed copy of the NFW.

May I therefore urge all you woodworkers to ask Scott to make this wizard and save all our collective sanitys

Bob Willson